EU defence ministers put Ukraine’s air defence at the centre of their meeting, reviewing €28.3bn in procurement plans and the distribution of €6.6bn under the European Peace Facility. They extended EUMAM Ukraine for two years, discussed Russia’s shadow fleet and hybrid threats, called for more assets for Operation ASPIDES and advanced work on EU defence readiness.
The EU Council says Fedorova helped spread pro-Russian narratives through RT France and continued to promote similar claims in French media after RT’s EU broadcasting suspension. The listing freezes her assets and bars EU citizens and companies from making funds or economic resources available to her.
The EU Council extended restrictions on more than 3,000 individuals and entities linked to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine for three years. The review dropped three individuals and one entity and removed three deceased persons. Public reporting identifies Alisher Usmanov, Mikhail Fridman and Andrey Falaleev among those delisted, though the EU Council did not disclose the remaining names.
At a press conference following the informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in New York, Kaja Kallas sought tougher action against Russia’s shadow fleet and military-industrial complex. She also said Operation ASPIDES needs more than ten ships to counter growing maritime threats and outlined closer security cooperation with Indo-Pacific partners.
The Bank of Russia says it has asked the EU General Court to annul restrictions designed to prevent Russian court orders from being enforced abroad. It argues that the measures unlawfully interfere with its attempt to enforce a Moscow ruling against Euroclear—but the action has not yet appeared in the Court’s public register.
A new Eurojust report examines how the landmark judgment by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the inter-State case of “Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia” could shape future judicial practice. It focuses on open-source evidence, international humanitarian law, Russia’s obstructive MH17 investigation and the suffering inflicted on victims’ relatives.
The fourth payment under the Ukraine Support Loan’s defence window brings EU Commission funding for Ukraine this year to nearly €15bn. The EU is also preparing a joint programme with Ukraine to develop a European air and missile defence system based on Freya.
MEPs want the EU to shift from reacting to hybrid attacks towards anticipating, disrupting and deterring them, identifying Russia as the gravest threat while also citing Belarus, China, Iran and North Korea. Parliament backs stronger intelligence sharing, a central role for the EU’s single intelligence analysis capacity, a new cross-cutting action plan and closer cooperation with NATO.
In her 2026 State of the Union address, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposes opening a path to EU associate status for Canada, new European security structures and age-based social media restrictions. Her agenda also sets out measures on industrial AI, critical raw materials, banking and climate resilience, linking economic renewal and support for Ukraine to a more independent Europe able to act collectively in an increasingly hostile
On Tuesday, MEPs backed the temporary removal of tariffs on a broad range of Armenian products. The EU Parliament approved a European Commission proposal without amendment, by 583 votes to 49, and with 39 abstentions.
At the European Arctic Summit in Rovaniemi, EU leaders outlined a stronger security focus for the forthcoming Arctic strategy. Russian military activity, China’s growing interest and new maritime routes are driving calls for closer partnerships and more icebreakers, alongside climate protection.
Moldova’s Deputy PM for Reintegration, Valeriu Chiveri, says Chisinau’s demand for Russian troop withdrawal and Transnistria’s demilitarisation stands regardless of new intelligence data. A joint SIS-military report puts the Cobasna arsenal at 14,000 tonnes, below earlier OSCE estimates, with only 2,800 tonnes classed as live explosive charge, as the EU keeps its call for a settlement.
BRICS leaders at their New Delhi summit call for greater developing-country influence in global institutions and challenge unilateral sanctions, tariffs and carbon border measures. Their declaration also outlines cooperation on local-currency payments, AI governance, energy security and development finance.
The funding will cover air and missile defence, ammunition, drones and electronic warfare, including US-made PAC-3 missiles for Patriot systems. The decision completes the allocation of the €28.3bn earmarked for Ukraine’s defence under the EU’s 2026 support package.
The EU General Court dismissed Roman Abramovich’s action against the EU Council and upheld the restrictive measures maintained against him, finding that the designation criteria are objective, sufficiently precise and proportionate and that the measures comply with EU fundamental rights requirements.
The EU General Court dismissed Hungary’s action against the EPF Committee decision allocating the first instalment of extraordinary revenues from frozen Russian state assets to support for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, finding that the CFSP decision falls outside the EU judicature’s jurisdiction.
EU Member States have cleared a derogation allowing Ukraine to buy crucial Patriot air-defence products, backed by a €3.2bn loan disbursement. The UK is adding £100m for Patriot missiles and other air-defence equipment, as Kyiv presses NATO allies to accelerate deliveries before winter following repeated Russian missile and drone attacks.
During a joint press statement in Vilnius with Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas warned of growing Russian hybrid threats, backed stronger eastern-flank protection and sanctions, and called for more support to Ukraine, faster enlargement and adequate funding for EU foreign and security policy.
The EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) calls on Europe to urgently strengthen Ukraine’s air defences as Russia intensifies drone, cruise and ballistic missile strikes. It recommends releasing more Patriot and SAMP/T systems and interceptors from existing stocks, expanding European and Ukrainian production, and backing new missile-defence projects to reduce Kyiv’s vulnerability and reinforce Europe’s own capabilities.
The EU Parliament’s trade committee backed temporary tariff relief for Armenia after Russian restrictions disrupted key export markets. The proposal would remove ad valorem duties on a broad range of goods and create duty-free quotas for eight agricultural products for two years.
In a case concerning Lithuania’s freezing of Inter Rao Lietuva’s funds, the EU Court ruled that control by a sanctioned person must be proven with objective and sufficiently solid evidence. Russia’s autocratic political system alone cannot establish that President Vladimir Putin controls a company.
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